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Show THUMB PRINT ONLY CLUE TO OUTRACE NEWARK, N. J.. July 17. The Imprint of a man's thumb on a whitewashed door la the clue by which the police of Belleville, Belle-ville, N. J., expect to trace the assailant of James Bucklewtts, an aaed hermit, who some time duiina the last forty-eta-nt hours waa beeten into unconsciousness and left for dead In the kitchen of his cottaa-e. Whether he waa robbed or not cannot be learned unless he recovers consciousness conscious-ness at the hospital here, where he lies at the point or death. He was found lying across a table with his hands and feet tied and hla head stuck In an ash barrel. Fucklewlts was 70 year old and a truck Vardener. He owns considerable property and is reputed to be wealthy. The police believe tlmt after belns bound he waa tortured for several hours In en attempt to make him tell where hie money was concealed. |